Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.484, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 484 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.484
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.484:
ইন্ থে স্কন্দ পুরাণ ইত্ ইস্ স্ততেদ্: প্রথমং কেশবং পূজাং কৃত্বা দেব মহেশ্বরম্ পূজনীযা মহাভক্ত্যা যে চান্যে সন্তি দেবতাঃ ॥ ৪৮৪ ॥
इन् थे स्कन्द पुराण इत् इस् स्ततेद्: प्रथमं केशवं पूजां कृत्वा देव महेश्वरम् पूजनीया महाभक्त्या ये चान्ये सन्ति देवताः ॥ ४८४ ॥
In the Skanda Purāṇa it is stated: prathamaṃ keśavaṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā deva maheśvaram pūjanīyā mahābhaktyā ye cānye santi devatāḥ || 484 ||
In the Skanda Purana it is stated: prathamam kesavam pujam krtva deva mahesvaram pujaniya mahabhaktya ye canye santi devatah (484)
English translation:
(484) “First one should worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes, then one should worship Maheśvara,